Little becomes giant

Angående SCO fiaskot

"Sun now has a little problem, which might become a giant one: SCO never had any Unix IP to sell. Therefore, it seems likely that Solaris and OpenSolaris contains Novell's Unix IP.'"

"Microsoft, of course, has also helped SCO out. The Windows giant bought a Unix license it almost certainly didn't need and Microsoft executives convinced BayStar Capital to waste -- or was that invest? -- $50 million on SCO. That deal eventually blew up in everyone's face, but SCO got some much-needed capital."

SCO's Unix reseller partners should now run, not walk, to become Linux resellers. If you're stuck with supporting SCO UnixWare and OpenServer, it would be wise to visit Novell PartnerNet, say by the next business day, and start talking partnership.

"Finally, there are SCO's stock owners. What can I say except, "You poor dumb jerks." It's over.""